Cavium Networks Receives 2006 Excellence in Technology Alignment Award from Cisco Systems

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. October 16, 2006 – Cavium Networks, a world leader in networking, security and embedded processor solutions, today announced that it has received the Excellence in Technology Alignment award from Cisco Systems, Inc. Cavium Networks was selected based on its currently shipping products. This prestigious award recognized significant Cavium technology that has met Cisco’s product requirements and positively impacted the satisfaction level of Cisco’s customers. The award presentation was done at the Cisco 15th annual supplier appreciation event keynoted by Cisco’s President and Chief Executive Officer, John Chambers.

“Cisco’s supplier appreciation awards are our way of recognizing those suppliers who have proven to be an integral part of the Cisco supply chain team,” said John Kern, vice president, Global Commodity Management, Cisco Systems, Inc. “Cavium Networks has demonstrated excellent technology and execution to meet Cisco’s requirements, and we congratulate them on receiving this award.”

“Cavium Networks is honored to receive top recognition from Cisco,” said Syed Ali, CEO and President of Cavium Networks. “This recognition reinforces Cavium’s solid commitment and dedication to developing market-leading technologies and exceeding our customers’ requirements.”

About Cavium Networks
Cavium Networks is a world leader in security and MIPS® -based single and multi-core processors for networking, wireless, storage and control plane applications. Cavium Networks offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software compatible processors and accelerator boards ranging in performance from 10 Mbps to Full Duplex 10Gbps that enable secure, intelligent functionality in SOHO/SME, enterprise and service provider network equipment. Cavium Networks processors are supported by a rich ecosystem of software, silicon and ODM hardware solutions from leading vendors in networking, unified threat management (UTM), wireless, voice, operating system, Java, motherboard and other areas. Cavium Networks is headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley in Mountain View, CA with development centers in Marlborough, MA and India. For more information, please visit: http://www.caviumnetworks.com